Asus P9X79

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus P9X79 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140724
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 13:06
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4930K-$90 22,204 User benchmarks, average bench 77% LGA2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 664 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 826 51% 826 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 78.6 65% 79.8 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 75.3 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 106 116 115 114 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 420 Write 93 Mixed 208 SusWrite 108 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 34.5 128% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 160 122% 165 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 88%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 65GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 262 Write 93.3 Mixed 118 SusWrite 93.1 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 21 77% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 65.3 58% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 45%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 119 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 109 SusWrite 119 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 876GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 158 161 159 154 162 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 112 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 159 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 536GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 54 53 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 93.4 Write 95 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 53.7 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 38.5 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 58%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus P9X79 - $300

CPU
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples	650x
Core i7-3930KIntel $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples	361x
Core i7-4820KIntel $110Bench 72%, 23,169 samples	229x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	85x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	84x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	53x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	38x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	27x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $512

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16